39 Weeks!

One week to go until due date (4/14/12) BUT it's looking like it will be at least 2 weeks until baby's arrival date :(  I had my 39 week DR. apt. on Thursday and little one is head down but her head is still sitting high and I am not dilated at all.  I'm not going to lie it was kind of an emotional visit...no dilation? not "dropping"?  is she going to come out on her own or need medical intervention? Of course the doctors job is to be positive and tell me that they see patients all the time and I may drop, start dilating and go into labor all in the same day...blah blah blah.  I KNOW my due date isn't even until Saturday and I shouldn't worry she's going to come when she is ready but it's just such a mental WAITING game at this point.   

Every movement I feel I question if it's something progressing? if she's not moving enough I wonder if she's ok? if I get cramping is that labor starting?  Just a whole lotta mind and body games going on!  Google.com has been one of my BFF's during this pregnancy and certainly is still!

Here's my 39 week pic, doesn't look too different from 37 week pic, either angle of the camera or it's because she really isnt' growing much more at this point...

Yoga pants for the long haul...

37 week progress pic...

I hope we aren't in for a having a little diva because this little girl is still sitting up high and mighty!  I am back to congestion and cold symptoms = sleep was HORRID last night...blow nose, cough, bathroom (no I didn't go to the bathroom when I coughed ;)), go to guest room so I don't keep Tim up, downstairs for more water, read on iPad, sleep for an hour, cough, blow nose, sit up, back to the bathroom, ughhhh!!!

In these progress pics I used to be able to wear my black terry shorts, well those hardly get over my butt cheeks now so onto my maternity yoga pants I've been wearing...I am just short of living in them!  When you find something you like buy it in every color is what they say, so I have black with a black fold over band and black with a teal green fold over band.  As most of you know Ross is my go to for thrifty shopping and since I can't fathom spending alot of money on designer maternity clothes (I splurged on a few items but even those were on sale :)) I have gotten most of my leggings/comfy pants there.  So I came across these yoga pants with the intention of using them for yoga during pregnancy and for comfy pants at home while I was recovering, for $9 each who could say no to 2 pairs!  Well these pants are so darn comfy that I think I wear them at least 6 days a week at some point in the day.  I have not been folding the band over bcs. it helps hold my belly in, they are comfy stretch cotton, the right length, I can run errands in them and they make me look like a preggo staying in shape, yay to a super good find!  I went back and found one extra pair that I am not going to wear until post delivery since I think these are certainly going to show their wear and tear by then! 

35 Weeks

5 weeks to go...EEEEEEKKK!!!  I think Tim is finding a good angle to take these pictures at bcs. I SWEAR I am much bigger in person than I think I look in pictures :(

Sleeping is near IMPOSSIBLE now - toss and turn and repeat 100x throughout the night is how it has been.  I have my Boppy sleeping pillow, I have another pillow too for my back or between my legs and no matter what combination I use, it's just flat out uncomfortable!! :( My legs have been cramping when I try to stretch them out while in bed and I have a bit of numbing in my right foot for the past week which are all symptoms so my books and online articles say.

My hips have been aching which is the stretching to allow the baby to come through (as if I need my hips to stretch out wider than they were pre-pregnancy??!!  waaahhh!). I have been doing Wii Fit Yoga to try to stretch out the muscles a bit and I am starting to go for more walks to hopefully help work the baby down into position.  According to quite a few people, I am still "sitting really high".

No stretch marks still (fingers crossed and knock on wood it stays that way), even my doctor mentioned how good my skin looked when I saw her last Tuesday, YAY - one thing that makes me feel good ;)